A view from the JCR

for the same evening; At the end of Trinity Term “Schools” spilled out onto the High and brought the traffic to a standstill; The front room of the Boathouse was…

Meet the Head Gardener

…winter as, although folk often think gardens are for summer, they can look amazing  for 12 months and the students are not here in the middle of summer. I understand…

Staying true to the dreams of your youth

…Florey Building early on chilly mornings, then jogged down to the boathouses in the mist to learn the basics. The first summer, I made the Third Eight in the bow…

Gardening with Gwyneth

Seeds of Change by Head Gardener Gwyneth Hanson Although we are entering the summer term, headed towards the end of the academic year, it’s currently still spring, a time of…

Torpids success!

…they rowed well each day and are raring to start training for their Summer VIIIs campaign where they are sure to make a comeback. Women’s 2 Being the first Queen’s…

Hayley Fitzhugh

…of functions and catered events. During the Easter and summer vacations, we coordinate external conferences, Old Member weddings, and summer schools. There is never a quiet time for us! Working…

Gardening with Gwyneth

…at Queen’s. At the other end of the scale is the native harebell, Campanula rotundifolia, dangling its dainty thimbles in summer. Should you wish to keep the theme going on…

Translation and its Failures: W.G. Sebald's 'Austerlitz' and Anthea Bell at UNIQ

…about what a successful life in translation can look like, but also about what remains untranslated, unsaid, incomprehensible, at the very core of our personal histories. Earlier this summer, I…

Eva

…priced, and it’s a nice social way to break up the working day. After some more work in the library in the afternoon, I usually spend my evenings catching up…

Classics and Joint Schools

…wide range of professions, from the arts (film, drama, music) to the law. Several now teach Classics in schools, or have gone on to graduate study, in subjects such as…

Miles with meaning: 4 ultra-marathons in 3 days for MND research

Summer Eights training and Tom’s finals making it pretty crammed.  What’s been the hardest part so far, physically or mentally? I think for me personally the physical part has been…

“A place for people to live and work across boundaries”: a conversation with the outgoing Provost

…and elsewhere have shown is so important. Students are supported in music, sports, travel and, I’m personally glad to see, a new arts fund. Meanwhile, Fellows are researching the big…

The Lobel Society

…but it always amazes me that it produces music of such a high standard in the middle of a hectic term – Owen Rees (the Waverley Fellow in Music and…

How to… Think Like a Linguist

…in nervous silence grew lively as the room got talking. ‘Stand up if you’ve listened to music in another language’. ‘Stand up if your parents speak a language you don’t…

Accessible College map

…choose to attend worship in the Chapel, its presence as a space for glorious music, quiet contemplation, and challenging preaching stands as an invitation to engage with your time at…

Oxford Reads Kafka

…choreographer Arthur Pita, and the dancer Edward Watson who did a version of Metamorphosis and who will be performing A Hunger Artist in Oxford. The project is also producing music